By Paulanne Simmons August 16, 2025: Late in her life, Ava Gardner decided to write an autobiography. She didn't so much want to tell her story as raise money. She was low on funds and as she famously said, "I either write the book or sell the jewels and I'm kinda sentimental about the jewels." So she asked journalist Peter Evans to ghostwrite. All went sort of well until Gardner found out Evans had been sued …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:10PM on August 16, 2025